Panama Surf

Detailed Panama surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Panama. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Panama. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Panama over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Panama and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Panama Wavefinder

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	Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wed
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Destiladeros Gulf of Panama	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Careneros Point Break Bocas del Toro	Corto Circuito Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	First Beach (Wizard Beach) Bocas del Toro	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Destiladeros Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Careneros Point Break Bocas del Toro	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama
Rating	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SW	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.3 SSW	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.5 SW	1.1 NE	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	1.2 NE	0.9 SSW	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	1.3 ENE	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	7	7	14	8	8	7	6	15	7	14	14	14	13	8	13	8	8	12	11	8	11
Energy(?)	160	81	143	48	247	242	249	249	242	125	199	291	295	312	169	306	268	232	133	168	198	170
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		3:22PM 3.04	3:26AM 3.21		3:58PM 3.09			1:18PM 0.43			5:09PM 3.22			2:37PM 0.43			3:16PM 0.42		6:25AM 2.95		7:03PM 2.87	7:05AM 2.84
Low Tide / height (m)			9:18PM 0.74	9:43AM 0.39		10:05PM -0.06			10:42PM -0.07			10:23PM -0.01			11:42PM -0.08			12:23AM 0.92	12:46PM 0.63		1:06AM 1.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	2	1	3	6	3	4	19	-	-	-	3	-	6	9	3	2	-	2	1	2	6	4
High °C	29	27	27	26	28	26	26	27	25	27	27	25	27	27	26	28	27	26	27	27	26	28
Low °C	28	27	25	25	27	25	24	25	24	26	26	25	27	26	25	28	27	26	26	26	25	28
Chill °C (?)	29	27	27	26	28	26	26	27	25	27	27	25	27	27	26	28	27	26	27	27	26	28
Sunrise	6:13	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:16
Sunset	-	6:04	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 NE	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	1.2 NE	0.9 SSW	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	0.6 S	0.7 SW	1.3 ENE	0.7 SW
Period (s)	6	7	7	6	8	8	7	6	6	7	6	14	14	13	8	13	8	8	12	6	8	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.3 N	0.1 E	-	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	-	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	-	0.7 SW	-	-	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	-	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	11	15	16	4	15	-	13	15	15	-	14	6	6	6	-	6	-	-	6	11	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-

	Wednesday 19					Thursday 20								Friday 21								Sat
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Paunch Reef Bocas del Toro	Destiladeros Gulf of Panama	Manzanillo Limon	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Careneros Point Break Bocas del Toro	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Corto Circuito Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama
Rating	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 ENE	1.2 NE	1.3 ENE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	0.3 SSW	1.4 ENE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.5 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	14	7	8	8	8	8	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	6	6	15
Energy(?)	160	215	174	152	212	143	169	198	255	253	95	234	229	242	275	274	273	238	249	278	249	242
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			3:22PM 3.04							12:41PM 0.42	3:58PM 3.24									4:33PM 3.10
Low Tide / height (m)	9:07AM 0.46				9:18PM 0.74									10:05PM -0.06				10:18AM 0.36				10:31PM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	2	3	1	1	-	1	1	1	1	3	1	2	-	1	1	1	7	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	29	28	28	27	26	26	25	25	26	27	26	26	27	26	25	25	26	26	26	25	25	24
Chill °C (?)	29	28	28	27	26	26	25	25	26	27	26	26	27	26	25	25	26	26	26	25	25	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 ENE	1.2 NE	1.3 ENE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	0.5 S	1.4 ENE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.5 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	6	6	15	15	14	7	8	8	8	8	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	15	15	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 E	0.3 SSW	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	11	15	6	6	8	16	16	-	-	16	13	15	-	-	-	-	16	12	15	12	12	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 SW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.7 WSW	-	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	0.4 W	-	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	-
Period (s)	-	6	5	4	5	-	3	3	3	3	6	-	-	-	3	-	-	5	-	6	6	-

	Wednesday 19																Thursday 20
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Paunch Reef Bocas del Toro	Destiladeros Gulf of Panama	Manzanillo Limon	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Careneros Point Break Bocas del Toro	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Corto Circuito Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama
Rating	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	7	7	7	7	7	11	7	7	7	7	7	7	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	193	165	160	160	215	61	63	79	81	90	52	83	107	107	117	121	124	160	160	159	157	157
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						12:06PM 0.42															3:26AM 3.21
Low Tide / height (m)			9:07AM 0.46												9:23PM -0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	27	29	29	28	26	27	27	27	27	27	26	27	27	27	26	26	25	25	25	25	25
Chill °C (?)	26	27	29	29	28	26	27	27	27	27	27	26	27	27	27	26	26	25	25	25	25	25
Sunrise	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.3 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	15	11	11	11	15	15	15	15	15	15	11	14	15	16	16	16	16	11	11	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 W	0.3 W	-	-	0.7 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W
Period (s)	5	5	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	4	4	4

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